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Show wor.iAirs WORLD Busy Hands Require Daily Care To Prevent Their Losing Beauty By Ertta Haley HOW OFTEN WOMEN have stretched out horny, unattractive unattrac-tive hands to me after they finish a hard session at housework and said In dismay, "What can 1 do to them? They feel so awful." It's difficult to undo the damage in a single treatment. The hands will remain not only unattractive but also uncomfortable as well, until un-til the natural oils return to the skin. If you do no hard work, the oils will return more quickly, but most women have to keep using their hands for washing, scrubbing and dishes and this, of course, is not conducive to healing. Does this have to happcnT No, believe It or not, no matter how busy your hands msy be they can be kept soft, well groomed and pretty If you will schedule some hand care In the daily routine. It need not be elaborate elab-orate but you must be faithful to the beauty practice. First of all. check the diet. This may seem far-fetched but hand health at well as anything else depends de-pends upon Internal health. Certain vitamins, particularly vitamin A, keep the skin soft and pliable, and you must be getting tht vitamin so the skin on the hands or anywhere else will keep soft and pliable. Vitamin A Is found plentifully in common foods such as the yellow vegetables. It's stored In the liver and is not easily destroyed by cook- Daily band cart pays ,, lug the vegetable, so naturally it's easy to get enough of the nutrient. As far as hand care Is concerned, the old saying about " an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," holds exceptionally true, slow te Protect Bands, Nails A few, simple precautions faithfully faith-fully observed will do worlds of good for the hands. If looks art Ira- In beauty and comfort. portant to you, then you must do something for your hands. However, How-ever, many homemukers who are not concerned with looks so much as with comfort, feel perfectly miserable misera-ble when their hands are ravaged by household duties. Hands can hurt a badly as feet that have been walking in 111 fitting shoes. For most of us, it's Impossible to wear some sort of protection for every household task, but protection protec-tion should be used on the hands when they get after the really rough Jobs like scouring pots and pans, laundry, silver polishing, dish washing, wash-ing, polishing furniture, painting the window sills or kitchen chairs, Be Smart. ft For resort wear or for grand pick up for your winter wardrobe, take a look at the new toft wool anils. They're made of very llght-wclghl, llght-wclghl, beautifully toft weaves In delicate colors that have a positively posi-tively luscious, good-enough-to-eat look. Designs are distinctly n the feminine side, too, with details de-tails U give a dramatic touch, tucb at the loone front panrlt and the flared cuffs sketched here. Self-Covered button add derora-live derora-live value, yet heighten the Impression Im-pression of softness and beautiful eelor. Simple aklrta are teamed wit aJlra-fcmlais Jackets. Protect Hands v s ; f if u c 'AT' . Xtt ' "A - 4 i ' Do you find kitchen glovea to clumty that you'd rather get along without them and let your nail polish chip where It may? New, long-wearing flexible mitts of vlnyllte plastic that fit on either hand with equal ease offer a long-awaited long-awaited solution to this daily problem. The mlttt are unaffected by grease, acldt or stains and give hands the freedom of action to desirable to there't no excuse for not wearing them every time you have a chore that threatena the handa or manicure. gardening, or washing the family auto. Just out are some very pliable plastic mitts which go on easily and come off without pulling or prodding. prod-ding. They do not fit the hands closely, thus allowing for a great deal of freedom. They're so lightweight, light-weight, that you actually feel you're working without anything on the hands, and that's a very desirable thing, as any pair of busy hands, if they could tell you, would say. It's also a good idea to keep your hand cream In the kitchen or laundry room on an open shelf if possible Just to remind you to use it. When the cream is tucked away in the bathroom which is not as easily accesible when you're buxy In another part of the house, it's too easy to forget to use It. There's Proper Way To Use Cream No matter on what part of the body ,vju use cream for lubricating,1 softening and making skin smooth, never use anything but the most gentle action. A soft, round-and-round motion in massaging the hand cream it best. Beauty experts maintain main-tain that skin will stretch with any other motion. . For those of you who have an extra ex-tra dry skin, it's wise to use a hand cream which has been fortified with lanolin, the fat of which is so beneficial bene-ficial to skin. For ordinary purposes a regular type of hand cream is best Even though you have protected hands during working time, it'i smart to tpply a bit of cream after finishing your work, to help smooth the hands. In case of chapping, or if you ar going to be out-of doors, apply hand cream tor protection against the weather. Also, It's not only the well-dressed woman but the wise one who protects her hands with gloves. It's Easy to Keep Nails Conditioned Any care that you give the hand. In' general will help out your nails, too, but they need a bit of extra care to keep them In good condition. Here, again, it's a good idea to check the diet if your nails art breaking and cracking for no apparent ap-parent reason. Nails require calcium and phosphorous as well as vitamins vita-mins C and D to grow properly. A well balanced diet Including sufficient amounts of milk, eggs, meats, fish, cheese, fruits and vegetables will supply these, and in some cases the diet will have to be supplemented with vitamins to keep you healthy. Plan to give yourself a manicure once a week if you cannot or do not have professional care available. Cut your cuticle if It needs trimming; trim-ming; otherwise Just push It back with a gentle motion with the orange stick. Oil the nails while you work on the other hand, then wash in gentle soapy suds and dry the hand carefully. Now, file the nail Into the shape desired; trim off any rough edges and muke repairs as needed Apply more oil to the nails and then after standing a bit, the hands are washed and creamed. Wheat I'slng Polish, Do It Correctly If you want to polish the nails, the polish will List longer if you apply a base coat to the perfectly dry nails. Usually two coatt of nail enamel are applied, and this la topped with a protective coaling that elps the nail enamel to harden as well as to last longer. Keep an orange slick handy and have the Up of it wrapped In a bit of cotton which you keep dipping In polish remover to help remove polish from anything but the nail lite it |